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7678.] The Consonants. 33
(b) medially: kiusan. to choose; wisan, to be; wasjan,
to clothe; jiisimiu, d, before consonants (t), s. 69, n. 2; 71,
n. 3; 75, n. 1.
NOTE 4. Concerning the fonetic distinction between the spirants 8 and
J>, cp. IF., 342.
77. The sign z corresponds in Greek words to ; as,
Zaibaidaius, Zefedauis; azymus, aZwos. Its sound, like that
of the Gr. C both at Wulfila's time and in New Greek, was
the corresponding soft sound of s, hense a voiced dental
spirant (E. z).
78. (a) In Goth, words z occurs never initially.
(b) Medial z is frequent. But final z becums s, the
corresponding hard sound (cp. 79). E. g.
azets, easy; hazjan, to praise; hazeins, praise; dius, gen.
dinzis, animal; hat is. gen. hatizis, hatred; hatizon, to be
angry; huzd. trezure; gazds, sting; mizdo, reward; azgo,
ashes; marzjan. to offend; talzjan, to teach; comparativs:
maiza, 'major'; frodoza, albiza. etc.; pronominal forms;
as, izwara, J)izos, J>ize, blindaizos ; 2nd pers. sing, midl:
haitaza.
(c) Most of the Gothic final ss represent z, especially
this reappears as z when it becums medial
the inflectional s ;
by an enclitic addition, for exampl, the s of the nom. teas,
who ?, but Ir a/ii h ; is, he, but izei, who; us, out, but uzuh,
uzu; dis- (as in dizuhbansat : Mk. XVI, 8); J>6s, nom. pi. f.,
but ]>6zuh; weis, we; weizuh; wileis, 2nd pers. sg., but
wileizu; advs.: mais (compar. maiza), more; airis, erlier
(compar. airiza), etc.
NOTE 1. z is but rarely employd for final s: ininz, less; II. Cor. XII,
15 (Codex B), for mins elsewhere; riqiz (4 times), darkness, beside riqis,
gen. riqizis; aiz, brass, muney (only Mk. VI, 8); miniz, flesh; I. Cor. VIII,
13. For a different view of final s for z, s. Wilmanns, Dtsch. Gramm.,
I. p. 86.